Understanding Game Theory and Coordination

If you look at game theories, all games,

the people who always win the game,

they win because

of this formula, which is mass

times energy times

coordination.

All right, so, uh, mass is just the number of people,

um, times energy, which is the level of motivation of these

people, times coordination, which is the ability of

these people to work together to achieve their end.

Um, some things to keep in mind about this

formula.

First of all, the different factors are not weighted equally.

So coordination is the most important factor, and it's weighted at

least three times as much as mass. Then you

have energy. Um, and energy is sec- is what's second

most important, and it's weighted, uh, twice as much as

mass.

And, um, depending, and, you know, different...

depending on the game, the weightings can be different.

But please, please keep this in mind, coordination is what really matters,

followed

by energy, followed ultimately by mass.

So if I explain that, let me explain to you what each

term means and how we can measure each factor

to get a more mathematical understanding of

this formula.

Mass is just the number of people involved, but,

um, what's important to measure is their cohesion,

how much they like each other, how much they're willing to work together.

So, for example,

um, you look at Japan and China. Japan is a much more cohesive

society than China. So in terms of mass,

Japan is actually stronger than China, even though China has ten times

or five times as many people as Japan.

Then you look at,

um, energy. Energy is the level of motivation.

And usually when we think of energy, we think of physical energy.

But actually, in this formula, it's mental energy

that really matters because if you think about it, it's mental energy

that is the most, um,

uh, expensive. And so you need the most amount of

motivation in order to achieve mental energy.

So let me give you an example of this.

Um, let's just say there are two people.

The first person, he's digging a hole in the ground for

twelve hours a day

for a whole year.

Then you have another person who

every day is seeking to improve himself.

So he's constantly in the process of self-reflection, writing down

his, the ways that he can improve, and creating a strategy, a

formula for how he can improve himself.

Well, according to this formula, the second person is expending

much more energy than the first person, even though if we just

look at it, it seems like the, it's the first person that's doing all the

work.

The second person is just sitting around all day just thinking.

And the reason why is

in the world, the three hardest words to say

for a human being is, "I am wrong."

To say, "I'm wrong," is to negate yourself, to negate your

ego, to admit that you have failings.

To say you are wrong is also to commit to a

policy of self-improvement, self-change.

It's also a tremendous loss of face to say, "I'm wrong," before your peers.

You lower your status. Um, you lose face.

And that, and that's why, um, people who are more

energetic, who are mo- mo- motivated, they are much more open

to change. They're much more willing to accept their

limitations.

They're much more willing to commit to self-improvement.

So energy is a measure of motivation, and we can measure

motivation by a group's openness

to accepting its limitations, its failings.

Okay? So that's the idea of energy.

Then the third aspect of this formula is the idea of coordination.

And coordination can be divided into two different, um, two

different types. The first type is conscious

coordination. Second type is subconscious coordination.

Conscious coordination is when you're led by someone.

It could be a leader, it could be a bureaucracy,

it could be a patriarch.

Subconscious coordination is when there's no

clear leader or clear direction, people

just subconsciously work together.

Um, it's almost like a dance.

And of the two, subconscious coordination is the

most, the more powerful.